Automatic switching between E and 3G

[Dallas Phil]

I thought this was an automatic. I was sending text messages just now and I kept getting an error message. I looked and the 3G was gone and I had no signal strength. I went into settings and turned off the 3G and the E came up with all bars and the text went fine. WTF? I thought it would flip over the E if there was no 3G signal.

[aenti]

It should. That's strange, does anyone else experience this?

[nbdiver]

I have seen it once or twice on my phone. In fact I think this is part of the reason when I am at home that my phone doesn't go out and automatically check for new email. It has to do with a poor signal at my house for 3g. If I turn off 3G the problem "seems" to go away although not everytime. My email should be checking every 15 minutes as that is what I have it set for but sometimes it won't check for 4 hours, then when I go into my inbox it will check and pull the email in? Very strange!

[Dallas Phil]

It gets even better. Once I am in E and turn the 3G back on it says I have no service! 3G must be out in Dallas at the moment.

[aenti]

3g is very unreliable as of right now. It'll get better as we go on, so hopefully this is just a short term issue.

[MileHighRob]

The switch between the two isn't as seamless as it should be. Often it will continue to search for a 3G signal eating up battery power instead of switching straight to EDGE. I live right in downtown Denver with ample 3G towers in close proximity but cannot get a decent 3G signal inside my own home. I keep it turned off unless I'm outside somewhere where the 3G signal is good. Otherwise it's EDGE and Wi-Fi until AT&T's coverage maps are accurate.

[nbdiver]

It gets even better. Once I am in E and turn the 3G back on it says I have no service! 3G must be out in Dallas at the moment.I have that happen every once in awhile as well....4 bars to no service lickity split! I hope this new software update solves some or all of these problems.

[aenti]

Software update won't fix the network, that's up to ATT.
Have you tried clearing the plastic back? Your hand might be interfering or some weird thing like that.

[jagxk]

The switch between the two isn't as seamless as it should be. Often it will continue to search for a 3G signal eating up battery power instead of switching straight to EDGE. I live right in downtown Denver with ample 3G towers in close proximity but cannot get a decent 3G signal inside my own home. I keep it turned off unless I'm outside somewhere where the 3G signal is good. Otherwise it's EDGE and Wi-Fi until AT&T's coverage maps are accurate.

Same problem in certain areas of Atlanta also - at least for me.

[Deltido]

It's crazy seeing all these big cities having 3g troubles, I live here in Milwaukee,WI (pretty small compared to Dallas, Atlanta, etc.) but 3g has always been fine for me pretty much anywhere I go I've got a constant connection(other than work because of the cage (for bank tellers) that i work in. My connection's even fine at home when I was testing it out.

[BigCiX]

whenever im outside of bakersfield my 3G goes back and forth with edge. whenever it's doing that i can't send anything out either.

[MileHighRob]

whenever im outside of bakersfield my 3G goes back and forth with edge. whenever it's doing that i can't send anything out either.
That's because it is constantly searching for the 3G signal. It's best to turn 3G off in those instances and rely on EDGE.

[kr3st]

Ever since I upgraded to 2.0.1 my phone won't connect to 3G. I'm in a huge 3G area. This firmware sucks, and the page still jumps as I type. :-/

[kisstine]

Ever since I upgraded to 2.0.1... and the page still jumps as I type. :-/

I haven't d/l'd the update yet, but I'm really disappointed to hear that this is still a problem. I was reading good things about the improvement in the typing lag and applications opening more quickly. Guess I have a reason, already, to look forward to 2.0.2.

[daddyd302]

It's crazy seeing all these big cities having 3g troubles, I live here in Milwaukee,WI (pretty small compared to Dallas, Atlanta, etc.) but 3g has always been fine for me pretty much anywhere I go I've got a constant connection(other than work because of the cage (for bank tellers) that i work in. My connection's even fine at home when I was testing it out.


Yeah a fellow Milwaukee person! I actually live in West Allis, but 3G seems fine here and in Milwaukee. I do wish the phone would take the strongest signal, instead of staying on 3G.